Eyelet-setting machine



Oct. 12 1926.

B. HALL EYELET SETTING MACHINE Filed Jan. 5, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. l2 1926.

B. HALL EYELET SETTING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 5, 1923 "I Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

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Pari-:Nry OFFICE. v

BICKNELL HALL, 0F ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM M HUB/LEY OF ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. y'

. EYELET-SETTING MACHINE.

Application led January 5, 1923. ISerial No. 610,913.

This invention relates to shoe manufacture and has particular reference to a machine for setting eyelets which are constructed in accordance with Patent No. 1,109,647, dated` September 1, 1914, issued to lVilliain M. Hurley.

The eyelet of said patent is a so-called blind eyelet and is characterized by having` a single tubular body or barrel formed with a laterally extended ear at its upper end which is co-extensive with a portion only of the body and which is arranged to lie over the outer surface of the shoe upper and cooperate with a flange formed on the lower' end of. the body to grip the upper. Said ear is adapted to be concealed by the shoe lace when the shoe is on the toot, whereby the eyelet is rendered nearly invisible.

The eyelets of a row in a shoe upper are all adapted to be secured in the shoe upper withthe ears thereof extended in the same direction, or directed toward the opening in the upper; otherwise the ears may not be in a position to be concealed by the shoe lace.

Considerable difficulty has been eX- perienced in inserting and fastening the above-described eyelets in shoes by the use `of the ordinary eyeletting machine and for the reason that the eyelets are delivered to the eyelet-setting tool in promiscuous order; that is, the eyelets willv be delivered for insertion in theshoe upper with the ears eX- tended in various haphazard directions, and the eyelets must be turned by hand, or otherwise manipulated to arrange them in such a manner that all eyelets in the upper will be properly inserted with the ears thereof directed toward the opening in the shoe upper. f

An object of this invention is to provide an eyeletting machine especially adapted to insert and set the above described type of eyelet, and having `means to arrange the eyelets in position for setting with the ears thereof` all directed in the same direction.

'In carryingl out this object of the invention, I may provide an eyeletting machine oil: a more or less common type with means acting upon the eyelets in their passage 'l'rom the eyelet-hopper to the setting-tool, to arrange in an orderly manner eyelets which are discharged in a haphazard manner from saidhopper; andsaid means may comprise an inclined race-way extended from the hopper to the setting tool and having means, which may be assisted by gravity, to arrange the eyelets with the ears thereof directed in the same direction.

A further Objectis generally to improve the construction and operation of eyeletsetting machines. i

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of anveyelet-setting machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial sectional plan view of an eyelet-hopper and race-way embodying the invention.

Fig. i is a sectional detail of the race-way illustrating the manner in which the eyelets are caused to be re-arranged with the ears thereof directed all in the same direction.

Fig, 5 is an enlarged sectional detail o1 a portion of the race-way and .illustrating more clearly the action of the` race-way on the eyelets. Y Y

Fig. 6v is a section along line 66 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a section along line 7.-7 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is A a plan view of the lower eyeletsetting tool.

, Fig. 9 is a section along line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

F ig. 10 is a perspective view ofthe eyelet.

Fig. 11 is a perspective detail illustrating the manner in which the eyelets are set in the shoe upper.

F 12 is a section along line 12-12 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 13 is a sectional detail along linev here show-n, comprises a frame 15 formed orv provided with an upper arm 1 6 in which an upper eyelet-settingtool 17 is adapted to be heldremovably, anda lower arm 18 in which the lunger 19 is reciprocabl supported; an said plunger may comprise the lower eyelet-setting tool. `Said `plunger is or may be reciprocated by suitable means as the lever 20, which latter may be pivoted on the pin 21 carried by the frame The rear end oit said lever may be pivoted 'to a connecting rod 22 and said connecting rod may be pivoted to a disc 23, which latter is or may be fixed to the end of an operating shalt Q4 journalled' in the trame 18. It is apparent that, as said shaft is rotated, the. lever is reciprocated to move said plunger 1S) toward and away from said upper setting tool.

Said shaft 24 may be rotated by power means including the continuously rotating wheel which latter is mounted for rotation on said shaft 24. A clutch is or may be provided to connect aid wheel and shaft, whereby to rotate the shatt. Said clutch may comprise a U-shaped 'traine 27 the arms 28 oli which are disposed about the hub 29 tired to said shaft 2l; and said arms are pivoted to said hub. A spring 30 may serve to bias said iframe 2T into driving engagement with the clutch teeth 31 ot said wheel 25 and said trame may be restrained from such clutching engagement by a cam lever 32, which latter may be controlled by a toot pedal. not shown. Said lever 32 may be so disposed that it serves, when the 'foot-pedal is released, to more said clutch trame 27 out of driving engagement with the wheel 25 whereby movement: ot the plunger 19 may he arrested ahem at the bottom ot its stroke.

ji. slide 35 is 'disposed to the rear otl the cyelet setting tools and on the horizontal Ylace B6 ot the 'trame 15. Said slide is or may he formed or provided vwith two depending and spaced projections 37 between which the upper end o' an operating arm 3S is or may be removed; and said arm is or may be integral with the reciprocating,l lever 20, whereby the slide and the plunger 19 may operate in unison.

Said slide 35 is or may be formed with a downwardly inclined top face 39 which is adapted to support the eyelet raceway i0 and hopper 111, which latter may bedisposed at the upper end ot the race-way. Said hopper preferably` cylindrical in cross-section and oi? suitable dimensions to contain a substantial supply ot eyelets, which may be contained therein in promiscuous or .haphazard order. ii cover 42 may be provided whereby to prevent accidental escape oit eyelets. and the cover may be removed or iotated to uncover the hopper whereby to admit of the introduction oit eyelets into the hopper.

rlhehoppe'r and race-'way may be integral, as here shown, or may be otherwise constructed and arranged.

circular brush 43 is rotatably disposed rithin the hopper and is adapted to be reciirjrocated at each stroke of the supporting slide 35 whereby to brush eyelets out of the hopper` into' the race-way. Said brush is or may be secured to a shaft -it-l which is journalled in the hopper-base and extends thereelow. A crank arm 11-5 is or may be iixed to the lower end of said shai't and a link may be pivotally connected with said crank-arm and the iframe 15 ot the machine. lith this '.i'i'i'aiigenieiit, the shai't -l-i and brush are reciprocated at each stroke of the hopper.

A portion of the late al circular wall is or may be 'termed or provided with passages 4:8 therethrough which communicate with a passage fit), which latter extends to the upper end ot the race-way; and the reciprocatine,` brush serves to brush or sweep the eyelets, one at a time, through said passages 48 and into the passage 49, from which passage said eyelets may descend, by gravity, assisted by the jar and vibration o't the machine, into the race-way 40.

The inclined race-way ll() is provided with a groove 5() which is in communication at its upper end, with the passage L19, and the eyelets are adapted to pass, by gravity, down said inclined groove 50 to the lower end ot the race-way, 'tor delivery to the eyelet-settinel tools.

The above construction is or may be more or less common, in principle, with cycletsetting machines.

.fas illustrated in l"` 10, the type ot eyelet adapted to be used in connection with this invention is termed with the tubular body :'55 Vtrom the upper end of which is laterally extended the ear 5G, which ear is cci-extensive with a portion only of said body. Said eyelets are adapted to be insert ed and secured in a shoe upper 5T in the manner illustrated in Fig. 11, with the ears ot the eyelets ot the row all directed toward the opening-edge 58 ot the upper, whereby said ears are. in position to be concealed under the lace 59 passed through the eyelets. ;t Flange Gt) is or may be formed by upsetting the lower edge of the eyelet, and the upper is adapted to be retained between said fiange Gt) and the ear 56 ot the eyelet.

Preterablyvthe body-portion 0i" the eyelet is of greater diameter than the height thercoii, and the eyelet passages 4S, in the hopper or kettle have correslionding dimensions, that is, the width oi" the slots are greater than the heights thereo t. Vilith 'this arrangement, only eyelets that are upright in the hopper, or resting with the ears thereoi? in Contact with the bottom wall ot the hopper, are brushed through said passages 48, and eyelets which are disposed on their sides will not lit the passages and, consequently, will. not pass therethrough, The bottoni portions ot said passages 48 preterably are relieved or 'formed with oppositelydisposed. slots Li-Sa through which the ears of the eyelets may pass as the body-portions of the eyelets pass through the passages 48.

The eyelets above. described are discharged froin the hopper 4l 'into the upllierfend--ot the vrace-nay l0 in a promiscuous order so that, with the usual forni of race-way, sonie foremost,and others,-with the ears rearmost. As thus delivered` it is difiicult to manipulate the eyelets, at the eyelet setting tools, and the shoe upper, in such a way as to cause the eyelets to beset i-n theupper with the ears thereof' all properly directed. '.Thisinveution Vprovides means to r'e-arraii'ge the necessary` eyelets, and: preferably as they pass `dmvnward inthe race-way, whereby all eyelets will be delivered'to the setting tools with the ears thereof 'all directedlin the saure direction, as rearwardly.

As illustrated in Fig. 4,'so1ne eyelets `a may be delivered into the race-way in proper order while other eyelets b inay be delivered in the reverse order, `and it is desirable to reverse relative position 4of said eyelets 7; before they are finallyV secured in the shoe upper. l

The race-way itself `maybe constructed and arranged to eiect `the reversal ot the necessary eyelets so that all eyelets may have the ears thereof properly directed. To this end, `the groove 5() inthe race-Way, which lies, in 'the inainyin the top `part of the'raee-way, and is adapt-edto support the eyelets in an upright position, is brought around to the side of the race-way, more or less gradually, as `indicated at Vva, and then brought back to the top of the race-Way. This arrangement of groove v may-be made in any suitableor desirable manner, as by cutting the groove `directly in the desired forni, or byV forming a straight groove, and then twisting a portion of the race-wayl at right angles to the remaining portion thereof whereby to forni the side groove 50a. This arrangement provides a-side loop in the groove iii/which the eyelets are supported horizontally and inw-hiehthe reversing `action ofthe eyeletsis effected: 4Preferably the inclination of the race is such that all portionsof the groove, including the loopportion 50, are inclined downwardly, so that the eyelets will inove freely down the groove. 'The bottom wallA of the loop 50a is relieved or eut-away, as by forming the slot (S5 therein,'beneath the path of .travel o f vthe earsof `the eyelets; and said slot is adapted to `receivey theLk ears of the eyelets. The top andbottoinedges 66 and 66, respectively, are shaped to providecanr suritaees which .serve gradually to rotate the eyelets into the` required `position asthey pass downwardly into the race-Way.

The action of the race-way as thus deserihedis substantially as followsz-v As theniaehine is? operated'and the raceaivayaudi hopper 'are nioved back .and forth, thebrush 43 Vis reeiprocated in the hopper,

and' eyelets` are. brushed.. out offthe .hopper into the race-way: groove `thwh'erein they will he supported in upright-.position with the ears thereof resting upon the bottoni of the groove; but soine of the ears of the eyelets may he directed up and others down the groove. ,.'Ilhe eyelets are adapted to be a loose lit in the groove so thatthey niay slide freely down the groove, yet a sufficiently close tit .is providedto prevent the binding or wedging ofthe eyelets inthe groove. y i j As the eyelets descend into the loop-portion 50 of the groove 50 they are gradually turned over on the sidesthereofas illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 until the eyelets are supported with the bodies 'thereof disposed approximately horizontal. As the eyelets pass down the loop portion horizontally, they pass over the slot in the lower wall of the loop. Since the ears of the eyelets extend laterally of the eyelet on one side only. vthe eyelet is overbalanced on that, side and consequently the Weight of the ear. which may `be assisted bythe `tendency of` theeyelet to roll down the loop, causes ,the eyelets to roll into such a position. that the ears ldepend approxiinately:v vertically "into the slot.- Each eyelet, as it passes over the slot in the loop is caused to-rotate in a elocle. wise or cou1iter;eloekwise direction, dependingiupon whether or notthe-ear ofthe eye'- let heads or trails into the loop, untilwthe ear hangs lowerrnost in the slot. `j

Fig. 5 illustrates in detailand by successive steps, the rotating action of the eyelet (right hand-side) as it passes intothe slotted position ofthe loop.Y

As the eyeletV passesdown the loop with the ear thereof depending, said depending ear 4is brought into contaetwith the lower edgea of the slot 65. Said edge tends to prevent further downward movement of the eyeletV but as the groove 50 is unrestricted theV body portion Vof the eyelet is free to pass on andrsaid edge 66a Serves to rotate the eyelet in a counter-clockwise direction, until finally, the eyelet is-,rotatedto such a position thatfthe ear thereof is directed. up the groove 50, or.I trails the body ofthe eyelet. The edge 66. of said slot 6,5l is given a suitable earn shapey to act successfully on the eyelets.` The eyelet,` asthus arranged, then' passes into the portion `oftheV groove-50 and in passing therein, is Vrestored 'to its initial upright position and passes downwardly to a delivery position at-the -lower end'- ofthe race-Way. 1 lVith this flirrangenient, 'it will be seen that regardless of the initial promiscuous disposi;- tion of the eyelets as they are discharged fromthe hopper, all eyelets will be finally delivered Withthe .ears thereof extended in thesaniexdirection., w y 1 In connection .Wit-h the above-described eyelet, I prefer to employ a special eyeletsetting tool, so arranged as to hold the eyelet in thc proper position until it is l'inally set in the shoe upper'. 'ilo this end, the

plunger 19 may be provided with the usual spring-pressed center pin 70, which is adapted to enter the tubular passage in the eyelet body, whereby to retain the eyelet centrally located during the setting operation. In addition, the plunger is or may bc formed with a transverse recess 71 disposed in the top face of the plunger between the pin and the delivery end of the race-way; and a recess 72 may extend downwardly in said plunger from the bottom of said recess 71. A guide member 7 3 is received in said recess 71; and said guide member may have the two upstanding and spaced projections 74 between which the ear of the eyelet is received, whereby, in cooperation with the pin 70, the eyelet will be held on the tool without angular movement. Said guide member may also have a depending project-ion 75 which is adapted slidably to be received in the recess 72, and a spring 76 may be disposed in said recess 72 beneath said projection 75, whereby to support said guide member yieldingly in elevated position. Then the plunger 19 is moved upwardly, said guide member will engage the shoe upper and be depressed thereby to permit the eyelet to be inserted and set in the shoe upper.

The invention may be otherwise modified without departing from the spirit thereo-f.

I, claim 1. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet-setting machines adapted to set single ba'rreled eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions' only of the eyelets, comprising a hopper arranged to contain a supply of promiscuously arranged eyelets, and means to re-arrange the promiscuously arranged eyelets and to present the re-arranged eyelets to the eyeletsettin-g means with the ears of all the eyelets lowermost and all ears arranged on the same sidesof the barrels and in a predetermined angular relation with the setting means.

2. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet-setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets, a hopper adapted to contain a supply f promiscuously arranged eyelets, and means including a raceway to conduct the eyelets from said hopper to the eyelet-setting machine and to rotate the eyelets about their own axes into a delivery position in which the ears thereof are directed in the same relative direction.

3. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets comprising a hopper from which the eyelets may issue in promiscuous order, and means to efi'ect the transfer of eyelets from said hopper to the setting means with the ears lowermost and the rotation of said eyelets about their own axes into a predetermined orderly position with the ears all behindthe bodies of the eyelets for delivery to said eyelet-setting means in such position.

4;. An eyelet feeding mechanism for cyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets comprising a hopper arranged to contain a supply of promiscuously arranged eyelets, and a race-way adapted to conduct eyelets from said hopper to the setting means, said hopper' being arranged to deliver eyelets in upright position with the ears of said eyelets arranged in promiscuous angular relation, and said raceway having means associated wit-h it to re-arrange said eyelets with the ears thereof disposed all in the same predetermined order for delivery to the setting means.

5. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets comprising a hopper arranged to contain a supply of promiscuously-arranged eyelets, and a race-way adapted to conduct eyelets from said hopper to the setting means, said hopper being arranged to deliver eyelets in upright position with the ears of said eyelets arranged in promiscuous angular relation, and said race-way having means associated with for effecting the rotation of said eyelets into positions wherein the ears thereof are disposed in the same predetermined order for delivery to the setting means.

6. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets comprising a hopper arranged to contain eyelets in promiscuous arrangement, means to effect the transfer of eyelets from said hopper to the setting means including I means to arrange the eyelets in upright position with the ears bottommost, and means to receive said upright eyelets and to rotate them about their own axes into a second orderly plan with the ears all behind the bodies of the eyelets and deliver' said eyelets as last re-arranged to the setting means.

7. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets, comprising a hopper arranged to contain a supply of promiscuously-arranged eyelets, and a race-way adapted to conduct eyelets from said hopper to the eye- `lets from an upright position and to efect the rotation of said leyelets into an orderly position with the ears thereof extended all `in the same direction, and deliver said eyelets toV the setting means.

`t5. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the. eyelets, comprising a hopper arranged to contain a supply of promiscuously arranged eyelets, and a race-way adapted to conduct eyelets from said hopper to the setting means, said hopper arranged to deliver eyelets in upright position with the ears of said eyelets arranged in promiscuous angular relation, and said race-way having means associated with it to incline said eyelets from an upright position and to ellect the rotation of said eyelets into an orderlyposition with the ears thereof extended all in the saine direction, and means to receive said eyelets las thus arranged andV` restore them to an upright position and re-arrange the eyelets in an orderly position With the ears thereof extended all in the same direction and deliver said eyelets as last re-arranged to the setting,- means.

S). fin eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from andv co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets, comprising a hopper adapted to contain a supply of promiscuously-arranged eyelets, and a race-way adapted to conduct eyelets between said hopper and eyelet-setting means, said race-way having means, assisted by gravity, to eiiect the re-arrangement of the eyelets passing therein from a promiscuous order to a predetermined order wherein the ears of the eyelets extend in the saine direction and deliver the eyelets in such predetermined order to said eyelet-setting means. i

lt). An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets comprising a hopper adapted to contain a supply of promiseuously-arranged eyelets, and a race-way extended between said hopper and eyelet-setting means having a guide groove for the eyelets arr, nged to hold the eyelets in a horizontal position and eitlect the rotation of said eyelets into a position wherein the ears thereof depend downward, and having means arranged subsequently to rotate said eyelets into another position wherein the ears thereof extend behind tlie bodies of the eyelets in the groove.

eyelets, con'iprising ll. `An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and co-extei'isive with portions only of the eyelets, comprising a hopper adapted to contain a supply of promiseuously-arranged eyelets, and means to eflectthe rotation of said eyelets about their own axes into a `position wherein the ears are extended in `the same direction between said hopper and eyelet-setting means.

l2. An eyelet feeding mechanism for eyelet setting n'iachines adapted to set eyelets provided "with ears extended laterally from and cts-extensive wit-h portions only of the eyelets, con'iprisinga hopper adapted to deliver eyelets in promiscuous order and means to receive and re-arrange vsaid eyelets into an orderly planv comprising means tf.;- support said eyeletV horizontally and means to effect the rotationof said eyelets into a position wherein the ears of saidI eyeletls are all depending substantially vertica y.

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let setting machines adapted to set eyelets i provided with ears extended laterally fioin and co-extensive with portions only of the eyelets, comprising a hopper adapted to contain eyelets, and means to receive said eyelets in promiscuous order from said hopper and deliver them in predetermined yarrangement to said eyelet-setting machine, comprising a race-way having an eyeletguide groove adapted freely to support said eyelet substantially horizontally, said groove having a relieved portion disposed beneath the. pat-h of movement of the ears of the eyelets into which the ears are adapted to drop.

lil. An eyelet feedingl mechanism for eyelet setting machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally from and tio-extensive with portions only of the a hopper adapted to contain a supply of promisciiously-arranged eyelets, and means to receive said eyelets in proniiscuous order from said hopper and deliver them in predetermined arrangement to the setting means comprising a race-way provided withl an eyelet-guide groove having an upper portion adapted to receive the eyelets in upright position with the ears thereof directed promiscuously behind and also in front of the'eyelets, an intermediate portion adapted freely to support the eyelets horizontally and said intermediate portion having a relieved portion disposed beneath the path of travel of the ears of said eyelets into which the ears are adapted to fall, a lower portion adapted to support the eyelets in upright position, and means to rotatethe eyelets as they pass into the lower portion of the a supply'of promiseuously-arranged guide groove into a position wherein the ears thereof are all disposed behind the bodies ot the eyelets.

l5. en eyelet 'tee ne; ineehanisin 'for eyelet settir .machines adaptedto set eyelets provided Vwith ears extended laterally 'troni and eo-extensive with portions only of the eyelets, comprising a hopper adapted to contain a supply ot promisenously-arranged eyelets, an inclined race-way having an eyelet-gnide groove il'orined with an upper portion adapted to reeei ve the eyelets in upright order V4troni the hopper with the ears thereof direeted proinisenonsly in front ot and behind the bodies ot the eyelets, and a lower portion adapted to support the eyeall disposed behind the bodies ot the eyelets, and an intermediate portion having means to rearrange. the eyelets 'frein one to the other position.

i6. tu eyelet Yfeedingv n'ieeha-nisln for eyelet setting` inaehines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally 'liroin and eo-extensiif'e with portions only of the eyelets, comprising a hopper adapted t0 contain a supply of proinisenonsly-arranged eyelets, an inclined race-way having an eyelet-gnide groove torrned with an upper portion adapted to receive the eyelets in upright order troni the hopper with the ears thereoii directed proiniseuously in liront of and behind the bodies ot the eyelets, and a lets in n )rio'ht order with the ears thereofas they pass into the lower portion oit the guide groove and into a position where the ears are all disposed behind the eyelets.

1'?. A rac-sway for eyelet feeding nieehanisins ot eyelet-setting;` machines adapted to set eyelets provided with ears extended laterally theretrorn, said race-Way having a vchannel through which the eyelets pass,

said channel having an intermediate portion Constructed and arranged toeli-'eet the rotation oi" the eyelets by gravity about their oivnv axesin'to a predetermined position wherein the ears oi? the eyelets are disposed all in the saine relation as they pass along the channel, and said ehannel having a delivery portion constructed and arranged t0 receive the rotated eyelets and to guide thein :tor movement along the raeeivay and to hold theni against further rotation.

In testimony whereof, I have signed niy naine to this specification.

BICKNELL HALL. 

